Horrible history bought to life

By Steve Mills

There is plenty of horrible history to be seen when a theatre company brings history to life in a very gruesome way.

The team behind the ever popular Horrible Histories bring two new shows Groovy Greeks and Incredible Invaders to Northampton’s Royal & Derngate.

Thousands of years after the Ruthless Romans, Savage Saxons and Vicious Vikings stormed ashore on the coast of Britain and the Gruesome Greeks competed in the first ever Olympic Games.

Audiences canrelive those horribly exciting times running from Tuesday June 7 to Saturday June 11.

Birmingham Stage Company are returning to Northampton with their new Horrible Histories shows, Incredible Invaders and Groovy Greeks, using actors and 3D Bogglevision special effects, as with their previous hugely popular Horrible Histories productions.

In Incredible Invaders the Celts are crunched when the Ruthless Romans invaded Britain.

Discover who’s at Sutton Hoo and survive the Vicious Vikings as they sail into the audience. It’s a thousand year journey with Incredible Invaders!

Groovy Greeks takes us from savage Sparta to angry Athens to discover the truth about growing up in ancient Greece.

Take on the Trojans and pummel the Persians! Compete in the first ever Olympic Games and appear in the very first play.

Hold on tight as you gatecrash the gruesome and Groovy Greeks.

It’s history but with all of the really nasty bits left in and the show’s writer and director said the production values for the audience should be amazing.

Neal Foster said: “I had a hugely exciting time bringing the Groovy Greeks to life in Horrible Histories style and loved shining the spotlight on Celtic, Roman, Saxon and Viking life in Incredible Invaders.